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Well, the bottle says "This antibiotic may affect the effectiveness of birth control", so.............I'm pretty sure I am pregnant; the antibiotic is ammoxicilian. I will know next week and I'll let everyone know Thanks to all who offered input/support.

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Update for you all: I started a period this morning; it's very very light so it could be implantation bleeding; I'll test this week and let u know. dd is nursing again and again i'm bothered.....................what 2 do?

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About the aggravated nursing; is this normal? Also, the bleeding is super light..........so I thought the nursing/aggravation was related to this "cycle"; I don't know, I feel like I'm losing my mind My toddler is napping right now so maybe I'll figure it out...................time will tell

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Totally normal for nursing to become aggravating at a certain point. Often it becomes more annoying during certain parts of your cycle.
Your choices for dealing with nursing aggravation are:
1. Wean partially or completely.
2. Limit nursing in ways that makes it bearable for you- for example, limit the toddler's time at the breast, the places where nursing can take place (e.g. yes at home, no in the middle of the grocery store), or the behaviors that are permissible while nursing (e.g. twiddling).
3. Continue to nurse as before, but find ways to make yourself less annoyed- for example, deep breathing, mantras, distractions.

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thank u 4 the pointers; i plan on using them right now i'm sure i'm not the 1st woman 2 feel this way and i'm only irritated until my milk drops as soon as the breast is empty, like now, i start 2 feel irrirtated once again--arghh! is this typical? she just turned 21 months. re: cycles; my first post preg period returned when s he was 16 months; i had 2 normal periods, then a strange period........last month then this that doesnt feel like a period..........like i said irritation

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"Strange" isn't specific enough. Was it a longer cycle than normal, shorter than normal, more or less bleeding than normal, bleeding midcycle, an unusual amount of cervical mucus? Those cues- and others- can help pinpoint what, if anything, is going on.

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I'll elaborate, sorry: Okay, it was early and very lite; then the next month, nothing, then this light period...........I have a scheduled appoitnment and I'll know more then, I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced weird cycles afterr nursing that long. Thankyou mommal